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JBHN WILBE, BANIEL WILBE, ANB JOHN II. WILBE, or WASHINGTON,

. IOWA.

Lettere Patent No. 74,652, dated February 1S, 1868.

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'Be it known that we, Jeux WILBE, DANIEL WILBE, and JOHN-H. WILBE, of'Washington, in the State o? Iowa, have invented a certain new and useful Improvement on Cornstalk-Cutters; and we do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description of the same, reference being,r had to the accompanying drawings, and the -marks :1nd letters thereon, which said drawings form part of this specication, and shew a cornstalk-eutter constructed under our invention- Figure l thereof being a top view,.and

Figure 2 a side View, the tivo different positions of the cutter-cylinder and frames being indicated by the two diterent colors. i

In both of these iigures like marks and letters are used to indicate like parts.

AIn this machine, the frame a, to which the cuttencylinder is attached, marked b, is the main frame, and hns the tongue e connected to it, so that the draught is direct onithe cutter-cylinder frame, while the wheel-frame cl is the secondary frame. This secondary frame d is connected to the main frame a by pivot at e, and has the drivers seat ntf. There is attached to the mein frame, at g, by pivot, a. treadle-iirame, L, having a: foot-board, t'. This treadleframe is connected also to the secondary frame clibyl chains, cords, or rods j. A lifting-iron, k,

is aflixed to the trcadle-framo, and passes through nn eye, l, fitted in Vthe axle m. This iron, It, is toothed, as is shown by fig. 2, so that it will act as a catch to hold up the main frame and cutter-wheel. By putting the foot on the foot-board t', and pressing downward, the treadle-fraine will act as .a lover uponthe main freine, and raise that frame and the cnt terQcylinder. At any time, therefore, when it is desirable to elevate the cnttew cylinder from thc ground, it cnn easily be accomplished by the pressure of the foot upon the hoard z';

The operation of this machine, from this description of its construction, will readily be understood, and-by .virtue of the arrangement of the frames :ind the tongue, and the making the draught direct upon the cuttercylinder freine, thc ciliciency' of the machine is greatly increased. Suitable means or devices can be attached to the frontend of the main Trame or wheel-frame for turning down the stalks into the track of the cuttercylinder. l I

Whatwe claim as our invention, and desire to secure hy Letters Patent, is-

1. The arrangement of the main frame with the cutter-cylinder and tongue and the wlieelf1'ame,.as herein recited.

2. We claim combining, with the main freine and the wheel-frame, the treadle-fr'ame, as and for the pur- `poses herein set forth. I

This specification signed, this 14th day of December, 1867.

` f i JOHN WILBE,

` DANIEL WILDE, Witnesses: v i JOHN H. WILDE.

WM. LATTA, ALLEN CoNoEII. 

